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I have 1 year of savings, so I’m giving this startup thing a try…

October 5, 2012 by Ben Yoskovitz 34 Comments

Making the jump from a day job to starting a company is a scary one. I don’t believe there’s a ton of real risk —after all, you’re probably highly employable (particularly if you’re a developer)— but it’s still a big leap. And often, people do it after they’ve saved up about a year’s worth of […]

Filed Under: Startups

5 Quick Tips for Controlling Meetings

April 12, 2012 by Ben Yoskovitz 10 Comments

A lot of people think meetings are a complete waste of time. Meeting with people in and of itself isn’t a waste of time, it’s just that most meetings are poorly run. For entrepreneurs this is a killer – your time is insanely precious, but you also want to be talking to as many people […]

Filed Under: Productivity

Write

June 30, 2010 by Ben Yoskovitz 15 Comments

Writing things down has an amazing impact. It commits us more. It serves as a reminder and marks our past. It allows us to get things out of our brains so we can fill them up with more cool ideas. It pushes us into the future. It helps visualize things. It creates structure. It acts […]

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Goals for 2010

May 20, 2010 by Ben Yoskovitz 44 Comments

Marc-Andre Cournoyer (ex-Standout employee, current CTO of SocialGrapes) doesn’t blog as much as he should. That’s a shame cause he’s a great guy, kick ass programmer, startup founder, and worth listening to. But he did write a post entitled Goals in March 2010 that got me thinking a lot about my own goals. I wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Personal Development

Ben Yoskovitz

Founding Partner at Highline BETA, a startup co-creation company that launches new ventures with leading corporations and founders.

Previously I was VP Product at VarageSale and GoInstant (acq. $CRM), and Founding Partner at Year One Labs.

Angel investments include: Breather, Spoiler Alert, SendWithUs and others.

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